Cranberry Pumpkin Cookies

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two cookie sheets.

Step 2
Cream sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in pumpkin pur?e, egg, and vanilla.

Step 3
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together into a medium bowl. Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until well blended. Stir in cranberries, walnuts, and orange zest. Drop teaspoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.

Step 4
Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 5
Remove from the oven and transfer to wire racks to cool.